65 Things You Should Get Rid of Right Now

We’ve all been there before: we’ve slowly let things pile up around the house and told ourselves, “one day, I’ll clean this up.” But we keep up sticking old clothes in the back of our closet, storing knickknacks in the junk drawer, and all sorts of other bad habits. While it’s okay to put things off if you’re busy, there comes a time when you need to suit up and start sorting through all your things—and get rid of some of that stuff! Here is a list of 75 things that you probably have around your house and that you can get rid of or upcycle!

In a previous post you suggest keeping torn/worn clothing to use as rags and here you advise throwing old towels away! Old towels are just the thing for mopping up spills, dirty dogs, polishing windows and for DIY jobs. I keep mine until they are too disgusting to put in the washing machine with other cleaning cloths – at which point they have given me very good service. In comparison, old clothing – even old t shirts – are not as large, not as absorbant and not as neat for storage.

While you continue to use the words “recycle”, you don’t mention or suggest where or how to do that! In CA there was always an easy access solution, but in OK, it mostly goes in landfill–yuck. Researching locations where to recycle or upcycle your extras takes more time and energy than clearing them from your home.